After their formal video training has been completed at the Technology for the People Resource Center, The Modern Story arranged for the young Muslim girls from TFTP to undergo a week of practical teaching at The Spandana Society, a shelter for orphans and high-risk children in Nagole, Uppal. The two girls, Asma and Neha, were selected as a result of their excellent teaching and multimedia skills, but also in the hope that, due to their ambition and strength, they will become important role models for our young students, showing them the value of pursuing one’s education in spite of the odds.

Asma and Neha taught the young children at Spandana how to use digital cameras and video cameras, and how to tell personal stories with these tools. And what stories! Most of these kids are orphans; some of them have been rescued from nearby slums;  others were just left on the orphanage’s doorstep by their parents, who did not want them or could not take care of them. The novice teachers really enjoyed working with these children, and the feeling was more than mutual! When they left, on their last day of teaching, the kids were mischievously blocking their way out, saying “Don’t go, sisters, teach us more!”

Asma and Neha demonstrating how to use the digital camera

Asma is showing the children how to upload the photos

Neha and Asma are expalining the video camera, while the youngest member of the orphanage is supervising the lesson!

Neha, answering questions about the video camera

Ioana, the TMS trainer, proud to see Neha and Asma embracing their new teaching role and applying their skills so well!